This dataset replicates the citizen reporting component of
POLICE RESPONSE TIME ANALYSIS, 1975 (ICPSR 7760). Information is
included on 4,095 reported incidents of aggravated assault, auto
theft, burglary, larceny/theft offenses, forcible rape, and
robbery. The data cover citizen calls to police between April 21 and
December 7, 1979. There are four files in this collection, one each
for Jacksonville, Florida, Peoria, Illinois, Rochester, New York, and
San Diego, California. The data are taken from police dispatch records
and police interviews of citizens who requested police assistance.
Variables taken from the dispatch records include the dispatch time,
call priority, police travel time, age, sex, and race of the caller,
response code, number of suspects, and area of the city in which the
call originated. Variables taken from the citizen interviews include
respondent's role in the incident (victim, caller, victim-caller,
witness-caller), incident location, relationship of caller to victim,
number of victims, identification of suspect, and interaction with
police.

This dataset replicates the citizen reporting component of
POLICE RESPONSE TIME ANALYSIS, 1975 (ICPSR 7760). Information is
included on 4,095 reported incidents of aggravated assault, auto
theft, burglary, larceny/theft offenses, forcible rape, and
robbery. The data cover citizen calls to police between April 21 and
December 7, 1979. There are four files in this collection, one each
for Jacksonville, Florida, Peoria, Illinois, Rochester, New York, and
San Diego, California. The data are taken from police dispatch records
and police interviews of citizens who requested police assistance.
Variables taken from the dispatch records include the dispatch time,
call priority, police travel time, age, sex, and race of the caller,
response code, number of suspects, and area of the city in which the
call originated. Variables taken from the citizen interviews include
respondent's role in the incident (victim, caller, victim-caller,
witness-caller), incident location, relationship of caller to victim,
number of victims, identification of suspect, and interaction with
police.

Access Notes

One or more data files in this study are set up in a non-standard format, such as card image format. Users
may need help converting these files before they can be used for analysis.

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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